US Patent Issued to Clocktower Engineering on July 28 for "Devices and methods for electrostatic ion beam deflection and filtration" (Massachusetts, Maine Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,695,047, issued on July 28, was assigned to Clocktower Engineering Inc. (Beverly, Mass.).

"Devices and methods for electrostatic ion beam deflection and filtration" was invented by William Davis Lee (Rockport, Maine), Mark R. Amato (Swampscott, Mass.) and Robert Amato (Bedford, Mass.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A device for electrostatic deflection of an ion beam is provided. The device comprises an entrance aperture, an exit aperture, and a first electrode set disposed above an ion beam path with a first entrance-end electrode positioned closest to the entrance aperture and a first exit-end electrode positioned closest to the exit ap...